...in homes of the railroad earth when high in the sky the magic stars ride above the hotshot freight trains...
-Jack Kerouac, "October in the Railroad Earth"

Monday, September 14, 2009

The Racer and the Dancer: New Examiner.com entry

I'm still working on my series about the first auto races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I discovered that racer Lewis Strang, who won the 100-mile race on August 20, 1909, was married to the dancer Louise Alexander, who electrified New York audiences with her "Vampire Dance:"

Elizabeth--Kathleen appreciates it. The late columnist Sydney J. Harris used to have a regular feature in his column called "Things I Learned While Looking Other Things Up," or something to that effect. That's pretty much the way I learned things.